Privacy On The Web

privacy on the web
Why should I worry about privacy and security? I’m not a criminal or a terrorist. I’ve got
nothing to hide. These are things that most people think. They also believe the net is way
safer which their personal information is just available to them, whereas this is often
actually quite wrong.
There are more reasons to require to protect your privacy than may be named. The
important principal is that you simply have a right to privacy as long as that right is
used within the bounds of the law. Seeking privacy should not make you feel guilty.
Privacy should be expected, and demanded. The reasons may well be as simple as
preserving your right to express unpopular opinions without being subjected to persecution,
or as serious as communicating sensitive business information, revealing mastercard
numbers, legal discussions together with your accountant, or hiding your true identity from a
secret government. Regardless of your reasons, privacy is your right. Contrary to what some
governing bodies might want the general public to believe, not all those concerned with
security and privacy are hackers or terrorists.
The internet provides one of the easiest communications tools ever afforded by mankind. It
is quick, convenient, cheap….and as insecure because it is quick, convenient, and cheap. A
message sent many months ago may remain on an ISP’s server or as a backup, and could
be easily retrieved by anyone who knows a way to do so. This is information which you
personally have deleted for a reason – not to be accessed by someone else after you have
finished with it.
Isuues and problem;

Identity theft:
Millions of people were victims of fraud which led to loss and even legal problems.
Almost every website that asks for registration wants our name and birthdate, which
is over enough for skilled hackers to breach our privacy and build damage. Even
secured banking applications suffered breaches. Therefore, should be cautious
when and where we leave data.
Tracking:
Every website you visit uses cookies. they're now obliged to notify users about it, so we've
got to click on “Ok” “Accept” or “Agree” so as to continue. Cookies store a particular
amount of information specific to a selected client and website. With this information, the
server can deliver a specially tailored page for the mentioned user. The smartphone era
brought even bigger privacy issues. Smartphones are based on apps and almost every app
out there wants access to your entire phone – contacts, texts, emails, notifications, storage,
etc. many folks don’t consider such information-sharing dangerous but as technology
continues to advance and becomes an inevitable lifestyle, we have become less
independent and more susceptible to be either victimized in a way or just used as a plain
consumer to shop for stuff. Facebook recently announced they're now ready to trace even
non-users. With the assistance of “Like” buttons, which are now on every website. they'll
display ads to people who don't seem to be a part of this global social network. Using
cookies stored in like buttons and other plugins, they'll display relevant ads for non-users
also.
How to protect:
There’s no way to be completely out of it, but there are several things we are able to do to
avoid complete transparency.
 Use ‘turn off’ options whenever possible, like in Google’s activity tracker.
 You can also block ads on your browser and take beyond regular time to really read
privacy policies.
 Next time you want to download a new application, check what kinds of permissions
it asks, and if you're not happy with it, you could decide to not use it.
 Use more sophisticated methods to secure your online identity and communications,
like end-to-end encryption.
Who wants to understand what you’re saying? it'd be a nosey fellow employee, your
employer, your ISP, a competitor, friend, or legal team. no matter who wants to, it's
remarkably easy for somebody else to read what you write. it's common sense to secure
information that you simply don’t want others to know, and folks should make sure that
they're going to some lengths to try and do so.
There are a lot of nonprofit organizations that concentrate on protecting your rights to
privacy. it's time well spent to go to these sites, as you'll learn what the present laws are,
what's being proposed, and what's being done to guard privacy.

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